1972 Chevelle LSA/4L80E Swap!
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I thought I read somewhere it was a modifies CTSV (mid spacing)
thanks for clearing that up for me.
thanks for clearing that up for me.
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Got a little more done on Sunday.
New ball joints installed.
Custom bracket for the PS resovoir
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Cleaned up 44 years of grease and road grime off the stock spindles. Thinking on getting a natural cast finish on them.
New ball joints installed.
Custom bracket for the PS resovoir
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Cleaned up 44 years of grease and road grime off the stock spindles. Thinking on getting a natural cast finish on them.
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Spindles all cleaned up and put on.
Keeping the factory disc's this year. Hopefully next year upgrade to a big brake system.
Polishing up the wiper motor. Lots of elbow grease!
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New JGC steering box
Started putting the custom harness in but have major problems with it. Bought from a forum sponsor. I won't go into detail yet as I'm sure he will help me out.
#110
Looking real good. I am glad CPP Used the Vette. FEAD. Much more swap friendly the others.
#111
I've been following your progress with the lsa swap. Great work so far! I'm about to change my ls3/truck FEAD to LSA. My car keeps eating up 6 rib belts with the amount of power its making. Looks like I'll be cutting my crossmember to make the low mount compressor fit. My swap was done a few years ago before most of the aftermarket support was available, but that's hotrodding!
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Sorry this hasn't been updated in awhile. A lot in my life has happened these last couple months but hopefully will be back at it soon. Today I ordered a Ricks Restomod Tank w/ CTS-V pump module along w a Griffin radiator setup. Hope to get you some progress reports over the weekend!
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Sorry this hasn't been updated in awhile. A lot in my life has happened these last couple months but hopefully will be back at it soon. Today I ordered a Ricks Restomod Tank w/ CTS-V pump module along w a Griffin radiator setup. Hope to get you some progress reports over the weekend!
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Just a heads up, I went thru 4 griffin radiators. Every one of them would leak after a few miles, where the cooling tubes enter the tanks. They are epoxy, regardless of how they are marketed, its true. BUT other than ruining paint and making a mess, they never ever overheated. I'm currently using dewitts with good results so far. Good luck, cant wait for more updates!
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I've heard about that with Griffin as well. Most were from purchases several years ago (possibly a bad run, who knows). But, all the recent build threads (on many websites) I've followed haven't heard folks complain about Griffin radiator leaks. Just like most parts, some work great for some and so so for others. Heard from couple guys I know that they've had leak issues with Be Cool and Entropy (goes to show you, any brand can potentially leak).
I personally think my Griffin radiator/fan setup looks great. Could it leak, we'll see in the future.
I personally think my Griffin radiator/fan setup looks great. Could it leak, we'll see in the future.
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I've heard about that with Griffin as well. Most were from purchases several years ago (possibly a bad run, who knows). But, all the recent build threads (on many websites) I've followed haven't heard folks complain about Griffin radiator leaks. Just like most parts, some work great for some and so so for others. Heard from couple guys I know that they've had leak issues with Be Cool and Entropy (goes to show you, any brand can potentially leak).
I personally think my Griffin radiator/fan setup looks great. Could it leak, we'll see in the future.
I personally think my Griffin radiator/fan setup looks great. Could it leak, we'll see in the future.
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2.4 Upper installed. Tiny lil guy.
Harness Run and looking good
2" hole in the firewall for the harness
Thanks to BP Automotive for the awesome harness
Factory disc's until I can afford an upgrade.
Running the harnesss inside. Putting the ECU and TCU under the dash